Bridle-blinder stay



(No Model.)

J. A BOWDLE.

BRIDLE BLINDER STAY.

Patented Oct. 24, 1882.

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BRIDLE- BLINDER STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,423, dated October 24, 1882.

Application filed March 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE ALLEN BoWoLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Me- Oomb, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Blinder Stays; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot'this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figurel ot' the drawings is a representation of a perspec'ivc view of my invention; and Fig. 2 a detail view, showingthe ball-audsocketjoint.

This invention has relation to improvements in stays for the blindersot' headstalls or bridles, and has for its object to construct such a stay as will prevent the flapping of the blinders and avoid their striking the horse in the face or eyes, and at the same time allowing them to yield when rubbed by the horse against any stationaryobject,therebypreventingthebreaking of stitches or abrasure of said blinders.

This object I attain by the construction sub stantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a billet, formed at its lower end with a double thickness of leather, which is intended to be secured to the crown-piece of the headstall or bridle and pass down and under the browband ot' the same. To this billet is secured, preferably bystitching between the double thickness of leather at its lower end, the loliuder-stay B, to the outer ends of which are connected by means of balland-socket joints a, plates 0, which are attached to the upper outer ends of the blinders by stitching through the perforations or slots b, leaving but little of the said sockets to be seen above the upper edge of the blinders, and thereby making a neater and more durable fastening than has heretofore been employed.

By using a ball-aud-socket joint to connect the stay to the blinders a free motion is given, causing them to yield when rubbed by the horse against any stationary object, thereby preventing the stitches from becoming broken or the abrasure of the blinder.

here metal sockets or plates have been used it has been found necessary in practice to allow the billet to hang over the browband ot' the headstall or bridle to prevent chafing, while in the present invention the billet passes down and under the browband, where it properly belongs, and the stay being stitched or riveted to the billet, all possibility of chatlugis avoided, as nothing comes in contact with the horse but; the smooth surface of the leather.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a headstall or bridle, the stay 13, having connected to its outer ends by ball-and-socket joints a plates 0 for attaching thereto the blinders, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE ALLEN BOWDLE.

Witnesses:

(J. A. DIMM, 0. J. STEWART. 

